Sri Lankan bishops lament rising hunger, breakdown of law and order
August 30, 2023
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CWN Editor's Note: “Many people are on the brink of starvation,” the bishops of Sri Lanka warned in a statement. “In this dire situation, we, the members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka, earnestly appeal to those in authority to consider the plight of the people seriously before their rhetoric and enacting political dramas, so that the poor and the marginalized could at least sustain their lives with their basic needs.”
Buddhism is the official religion of the South Asian nation of 23.2 million (map). Sri Lanka is 68% Buddhist, 13% Hindu, 9% Muslim, and 9% Christian.
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